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Loud Background Music But Soft Voice [message #65942]

Wed, 02 February 2011 11:40

Jorel
Messages: 47
Registered: November 2010

Baron

I have this problem when I'm watching at night. The music of the movies I'm watching is louder than the voice so I constantly turn the volume down when the music comes up. This is especially true with horror or suspense movies.

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"Phantom Center" mode [message #65944 is a reply to message #65942]

Wed, 02 February 2011 14:04

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18787
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

That's a pretty common symptom when using the 5 channel soundtrack but listening only to the left and right fronts. Sometimes the dialog is heavily panned to the center with little going to the left and right.

Look and see if your A/V processor (or DVD/BluRay player) has a settings mode where you can tell it you have no center speaker. It will then send the center track out to the left and right speakers. This is sometimes called "phantom center" mode.

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Re: Loud Background Music But Soft Voice [message #65945 is a reply to message #65942]

Wed, 02 February 2011 16:15

Adveser
Messages: 434
Registered: July 2009
Location: USA

Illuminati (1st Degree)

Wayne is right.

If this is a cable box problem, go into the settings and tell the cable box you are using stereo. You might be watching something that is in 5.1 and it is not downmixing the signal.

Are you using the TV speakers? Or is it a receiver/amp connected to the cable box/disc player?

http://adveser.webs.com/

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Re: Loud Background Music But Soft Voice [message #65959 is a reply to message #65942]

Thu, 03 February 2011 13:09

GoodVibrations
Messages: 75
Registered: November 2010
Location: TX

Viscount

Thanks for the explanation Wayne and Adveser. I had that happen a few times also and hand no idea what could be causing the problem. We have had occasional problems with our speakers, so this sounds like a good check to make in the future.

Music is a tonic for the tired and weary mind

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Re: Loud Background Music But Soft Voice [message #65974 is a reply to message #65942]

Fri, 04 February 2011 01:28

Jorel
Messages: 47
Registered: November 2010

Baron

Good to know that I can fix this problem. I will try to look for the setup of my player if I can remove the center speaker.

How will I know that I have the correct setup? My speaker can produce sound like a train coming from the left of the speaker then leaving on the right.

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